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EP 4 509 066 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3: 30.04.2025 Bulletin 2025/18 (43) Date of publication A2: 19.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/08 (21) Application number: 24223661.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.04.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 2/24(2006.01) A61B 17/00(2006.01) A61B 17/12(2006.01) A61B 17/064(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 17/1227; A61B 17/1285; A61B 2017/00243; A61B 2017/00349; A61B 2017/00783; A61B 2017/00876; A61B 2017/0641; A61F 2/2466; A61F 2/246

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 18.04.2017 US 201762486835 P 30.01.2018 US 201815884193 01.03.2018 US 201815909803 02.03.2018 US 201815910951 07.03.2018 US 201815914143 21.03.2018 US 201815927814 05.04.2018 US 201815946604 13.04.2018 US 201815953220 13.04.2018 US 201815953263 13.04.2018 US 201815953283 (62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: 23187000.7 / 4238511 21214615.3 / 4005533 20161693.5 / 3689299 18787709.7 / 3558168 (71) Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Irvine, CA 92614 (US)

(72) Inventors: Dixon, Eric R. IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Chen, Jensen IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Moratorio, Guillermo W. IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Cao, Hengchu IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Dominick, Douglas Thomas IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Delgado, Sergio IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) Freschauf, Lauren R. IRVINE, CA, 92614 (US) (74) Representative: Eisenführ Speiser  Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Gollierstraße 4 80339 München 80339 München (DE)